Month: March 2022

  • Planning for a trip? Here are some entry rules for a few of your favourite holiday destinations

    Planning for a trip? Here are some entry rules for a few of your favourite holiday destinations

    Alternatively, Thailand also has a “Sandbox” option for vaccinated people where travellers can stay the first five days – to be shortened from seven from Friday – within Sandbox destinations such as Phuket and Krabi. After testing negative on their PCR test, travellers can enjoy activities within the Sandbox areas for the next five days but they…

  • The Film Festival Doctor pivots her business to the USA

    The Film Festival Doctor pivots her business to the USA

    Originally from Worcestershire, United Kingdom, Smith went onto complete her PhD in Film and Audience Research in Wales. Establishing her presence in the USA, she is now based in Dallas, Texas where she is Dallas’s only film festival strategist. And adding to her roster of international clientele, she is South Africa’s go to film festival…

  • Brittney Griner’s USA Basketball teammates end silence

    Brittney Griner’s USA Basketball teammates end silence

    MINNEAPOLIS — Two of Brittney Griner’s USA Basketball teammates have broken their silence on the star player’s imprisonment in Russia. Most WNBA players have been hesitant to talk about Griner’s detention on apparent drug charges in Russia, hoping to avoid potentially hurting her case. “People are saying she’s 6-foot-9, she’s different. It’s really not about…

  • If you bought and sold cryptocurrencies in 2021 you might owe taxes

    If you bought and sold cryptocurrencies in 2021 you might owe taxes

    The April 18 tax deadline is just weeks away, and for many Americans it will be the first time they answer questions about cryptocurrencies on their tax returns. Crypto traders and NFT buyers and sellers will need to report their gains to the Internal Revenue Service so that they can be properly taxed. But it…

  • Jobs report shows 210,000 jobs added as hiring slowed in November

    Jobs report shows 210,000 jobs added as hiring slowed in November

    Hiring slowed sharply in November, with employers adding just 210,000 jobs, and COVID-19 related hurdles are clouding the outlook for the labor market in the months ahead. But the unemployment rate, which is calculated from a different survey, fell from 4.6% to 4.2%, and nearly 600,000 people streamed into the workforce, the Labor Department said Friday. That…

  • USA finance and payments live updates: gas stimulus check, tax deadline April 2022, Social Security disability, Child Tax Credit portal, tax refunds… – AS USA

    USA finance and payments live updates: gas stimulus check, tax deadline April 2022, Social Security disability, Child Tax Credit portal, tax refunds… – AS USA

    USA finance and payments live updates: gas stimulus check, tax deadline April 2022, Social Security disability, Child Tax Credit portal, tax refunds… AS USA

  • What is Aphasia? Bruce Willis’ shock health condition explained

    What is Aphasia? Bruce Willis’ shock health condition explained

    March 31, 2022 – 15:42 BST Tania Leslau Hollywood actor Bruce Willis is stepping away from acting following his recent diagnosis with aphasia – but what is the condition? Hollywood star Bruce Willis, who is best known for his role as John McClane in the Die Hard films, is stepping away from acting after being…

  • Four-legged robot deployed to help to manage Pompeii

    Four-legged robot deployed to help to manage Pompeii

    A tourist visits the archaeological site of the ancient Roman city of Pompeii, as it reopens to the public after much of the country became a “yellow zone”, loosening coronavirus disease (COVID-19) restrictions, in Pompeii, Italy, April 27, 2021. REUTERS/Ciro De Luca Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register ROME, March 31 (Reuters)…

  • Ukraine-Russia War: Latest News and Live Updates

    Ukraine-Russia War: Latest News and Live Updates

    Farmers are spending more to keep tractors and combines running. Shipping and trucking companies are passing higher costs to retailers, which are beginning to pass them on to shoppers. And local governments are paying hundreds of thousands of dollars extra to fill up school buses. Construction costs could soon rise, too. The source is the…

  • Starting April 11, Americans can use an ‘X’

    Starting April 11, Americans can use an ‘X’

    WASHINGTON – The White House and State Department on Thursday marked Transgender Day of Visibility with an announcement that U.S. citizens will be able to select “X” as the gender marker on their passport application beginning April 11.  “Every American deserves the freedom to be themselves,” the White House said in a statement. “But far too many transgender…

  • Open battery technology could create “bigger void” in FE

    Open battery technology could create “bigger void” in FE

    Formula E batteries are currently a standard-specification component, with Williams Advanced Engineering picking up the tender to supply the batteries to the upcoming Gen3 car – having done so for the original generation of cars before McLaren Applied Technologies picked up the Gen2 contract. Porsche motorsport boss Thomas Laudenbach is keen for FE and the…

  • Climate change, ‘runaway’ pollution threaten US lakes and rivers

    Climate change, ‘runaway’ pollution threaten US lakes and rivers

    Some call Lake George the “Queen of American Lakes.”  Millions of visitors each year are drawn to its crystal clear waters, bountiful islands, and backdrop against the Adirondack Mountains in upstate New York. Families camp, fish, boat, and otherwise take in the natural world. If anywhere is pollution-free, this picturesque place would seem to be…